Twenty-five years of cytochrome oxidase research in Rome with Maurizio Brunori

IUBMB Life

Volumn 59, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 570-577

  Antonini, Giovanni ^a   Malatesta, Francesco ^b   Sarti, Paolo ^c  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Cytochrome c oxidase; Electron transfer; Proton translocation

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

BIOENERGY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OXIDATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; PROTON PUMPS; RESEARCH; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547931690     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540701256078     Document Type: Review

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